Chuck Todd, Meet Jeremy Scahill

Independent journalist Jeremy Scahill (The Nation, Democracy Now!) appeared on HBO‘s Real Time With Bill Maher alongside NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd. Because Jeremy isn’t the type to let such an opportunity to go to waste, he used some of his time to castigate the corporate media for failing to question the White House about the reliance on private contracting firms like Blackwater in Iraq and Afghanistan. And he also brought up Todd’s opinion that investigating Bush-era abuses would be a distraction.

Right as we walked off stage, he said to me, “That was a cheap shot.” I said, “What are you talking about?” and he said, “You know it.” I then said that I monitor msm coverage very closely and asked him what was not true that I said on the show. He then replied: “That’s not the point. You sullied my reputation on TV.”

You can see part of their exchange on the show here. If Scahill repeating what Todd said is “sullying” his reputation, then didn’t Todd really sully himself?

Activism Director and and Co-producer of CounterSpinPeter Hart is the activism director at FAIR. He writes for FAIR's magazine Extra! and is also a co-host and producer of FAIR's syndicated radio show CounterSpin. He is the author of The Oh Really? Factor: Unspinning Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly (Seven Stories Press, 2003). Hart has been interviewed by a number of media outlets, including NBC Nightly News, Fox News Channel's O'Reilly Factor, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday and the Associated Press. He has also appeared on Showtime and in the movie Outfoxed. Follow Peter on Twitter at @peterfhart.